Recent Content by Ellie3919

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    Type 1 Breakfast

    Is your breakfast always starch based? What happens if you have cheese and ham or egg and bacon?
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    Type 1 Breakfast

    It is not strictly true that plain Greek yogurt has no sugar. I has no added sugar, but does contain some lactose from the milk, although most of it has been used by the bugs that make the yogurt. If it doesn't knock your blood sugar out though it is obviously ok.
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    Type 1 Breakfast

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    Another case for listen then ignore?

    I think the way generally that people refer to "fruit and vegetables" makes them forget they have a carbohydrate value. There seem to be 5 macronutrients in their world, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, fruit, vegetables. I think it is because we are taught that f&v contain vitamins, minerals...
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    fructose and low carb (ketone) diet

    Hello, Your carbohydrate should really come from leafy greens in a ketogenic diet. Fruit should be very much an occasional treat, not a daily occurrence. It is "nature's candy". Another website you could check out, with videos from Dr Jason Fung, is Dietdoctor.com. When you do have fruit it...
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    Obesity: How Prejudiced is the NHS?

    It made me cry at the end when they showed that poor man three weeks after his surgery, having lost a stone and a half, mashing up a boiled potato into some white fish in sauce. Why was he eating potato? Why not two pieces of fish and some mashed up broccoli. What are they told to eat...
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    LOW CARB SUCCESS STORIES

    Brilliant management. Well done both of you
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    LOW CARB SUCCESS STORIES

    This is such a great idea